Press release

Montréal, June 18, 2024 — Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean resident Jean-Guy Trottier won the $1,000,000 top prize in the May 21 Extra draw. The winner purchased his ticket online and became the fourth region resident to win a major lottery prize in six weeks!

VIDEO| Watch Jean-Guy tell us his story: https://youtu.be/NDbud5Nwla0.

Highlights (Jean-Guy Trottier’s win)

• Trottier has been purchasing his lottery tickets on lotoquebec.com for five years now.
• He saw the email informing him he’d won early in the morning after the draw. “No way, it can’t be!” the winner’s spouse said when he showed her the “Congratulations, you win $1,000,000!” message.
• He held a phone conference with his children at 6 p.m. sharp that evening— he wanted them all to learn the good news at the same time.
• Trottier plans to use his windfall to go to Italy and visit Rome with his spouse.

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean still on a lucky break!

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean residents recently won four major prizes. Here are the three other winners who, like Jean-Guy Trottier, won big:

• Astride Germain won the $2,000,000 top prize in the April 13 Québec 49 draw. She then had her ticket at the police station for safekeeping! The winning ticket was purchased in Saint-Félicien.
• Denise Bélanger won the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize in the May 4 Lotto 6/49 draw. She received her price at the store where she purchased it, the Dépanneur Métabetchouan in Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix—owned by her daughter!
• Lastly, Jean-Rodrigue Tremblay won $25,000 a year for life in the May 27 Grande Vie draw with a ticket purchased in the Jonquière borough. “I never thought this would happen to me!” the retiree had said upon claiming his prize.

About Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec has been delivering entertainment to Quebecers for over 50 years, and its operations benefit Québec as a whole. In 2023, it paid out over $1.6 billion in prizes to lottery winners. Major prize winners are listed on the Winners page in the Lotteries section of lotoquebec.com. Read their stories.

The responsible commercialization of lottery and gaming products is central to Loto-Québec’s operations. The corporation has been granted the highest internationally recognized certification in responsible gaming by the World Lottery Association.